Checkrein-holder



E. K. CLOVER.

CHECKREIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION mm FEB- 1. 1921.

1,399,463. Patented'Dec. '6, 1921.

GHECKREIN-HOLDER.

Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. e, 1921.

Application filed February '7, 1921. Serial No. 443,074.

To all whom it may concern: a

Be it known that I, ELIOT K. Cnovnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lohrville, in the county of Calhoun and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Checkrein- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved check rein hook and has as one of its principal objects to provide a device of this character which will be especially simple in construction but wherein a check rein cannot become accidentally disengaged therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hook so constructed that a check rein may be readily engaged therewith.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide a hook which, with slight modification, may be employed upon harness of different types.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved check rein hook,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing a slightly modified structure, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a still further modification.

Referring now more particularly to Figs.

. 1 and 2 of the drawings, it will be seen that my improved check rein hook is of skeleton construction and includes an inner loop 10 surrounded by an outer loop 11. These loops may be formed from a strip of suit able resilient sheet metal bent into proper shape and having its ends secured together or, if preferred, the loops may be integrally cast. The loops are substantially concentric and one end portion of the loop 11 is bent into tangential relation to the loop 10 to provide the lower side 12 of the mouth of the hook while the opposite end portion of the loop 10 is bent into tangential relation to the general curvature of the loop 10 to provide the upper side 13 of the hookmouth, the side 13, as particularly shown 1n Fig. 2, sloping upwardly and outwardly away from the lower side. At its opposite end the loop 10 merges into the lower side 12 of the mouth of the hook and this side of the hook mouth is continued in a direction across the inner side of the loop to form a guard let terminating adjacent the rear side of said loop. Fitted through the loops at their lower sides is a vertical supporting post 15 for the hook. This post is pro vided with a suitable boss seating against the lower face of the outer loop 11 while, at its inner end, the post is overturned against the inner face of the inner loop.

The post will thusbe effectually secured to the loops while, at the same time, the post will act to reinforce the loops and tend to prevent distortion thereof. A nut 16 may be threaded upon the post for properly securing the device to a harness and extending rearwardly from the outer loop 11 adjacent its lower side is an eye 17 to which a back band may be attached, the eye being soldered or otherwise secured to said loop.

As will now be clear, a check rein may be readlly inserted through the mouth of the hook to extend through the inner loop 10. A check rein may thus be readily engaged with the device and, as will be seen, the guard 14 will prevent accidental release of the check rein. However, by grasping the check rein it may be readily manipulated and freed from the hook. I accordingly provide a particularly effective type of check rein hook while, at the same time, the device is exceedingly simple in its construction.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings I have illustrated a slight modification of the invention. In this modification the inner loop of the hook is indicated at 18 and the outer loop at 19. A supporting post 20 extending through the lower sides of the loops connects the loops. This modified construction is substantially identical with the preferred form of the invention with the exception that the eye 17 of the preferred construction is eliminated.

In Fig. i of the drawings I have illus trated a still further modified form of the invention. In this modification the inner loop of the hook is indicated at 21 and the outer loop at 22. An eye 23 extends rearwardly from the outer loop adjacent its lower side. As will be seen, this latter modification is also substantially identical with the preferred construction with the exception that the supporting post of the preferred form of the invention is eliminated.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A check rein hook includinginner and outer split loops connected at their ends to define a mouth entering the inner loop through the outer loop.

2. A check rein hook formed of 1 length of material bent to define inner and outer loops having a mouth entering the inner loop/through the outer loop. 7 r I A check rein hook including inner and outer loops respectively having portions tangentiel to the curvature of the inner loop confronting each other to define a mouth entering the inner loop. I

' 4. A check rein hook including inner end.

- outer loops having portions defining a mouth I the upper side of the inner loop.

5. A check rein hook including spaced loops one extended about the other and connected therewith forming a mouth entering through the outer loop into the inner loop.

6. check rein hook including inner and outer split loops connected at their ends to define a mouth entering the inner loop through the outer loop, and means extending between and connecting the intermediate portions of the loops.

7. A check rein hook including inner and outer split loops connected at their ends to define a mouth entering the inner loop through the outer loop, and an attaching stud extending between and connecting the intermediate portions of the loops.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ELIOT K. CLOVER. 14s. 

